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Jihad In Classical And Modern Islam
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This paper showed that the notion of jihad is very much alive in the Islamic world and plays a prominent political role, and how Islamicists emphasize jihad as a crusade against drugs and other societal scourges.Abstract:
This work demonstrates that the notion of jihad (Holy War) is very much alive in the Islamic world, and plays a prominent political role. It shows how Islamicists emphasize jihad as a crusade against drugs and other societal scourges. Six translated Islamic texts are presented.read more
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